2015 Emmerich Knoll Grüner Veltliner Federspiel

Emmerich Knoll

Austria / Wachau / Emmerich Knoll

Viticulturist: Knoll family
Location: Wachau/ Unter-Loiben
Elevation/Altitude: 220m
Exposition: flat land
Soil type: Alluvial, sandy
Methods of training: Modified Moser training System
Density of planting: 3,500 – 4,000 per hectare / 2.40 – 2.80m row spacing
Harvesting: By hand; selective harvest; green harvest if necessary
VINIFICATION
Pre-fermentation: No destemming, skin contact, no carbonic maceration, pneumatic press
Yeast: Cultured and natural yeast
Fermentation vessel size & material: Cask and stainless steel tank from 500 to 5’000 litres depending on batch quantity
Fermentation length & temperature: 5- 10 days, 20 -22 degrees
ELEVAGE/ MATURATION
Lees ageing: 3 months, no bâtonnage
Racking: twice
FINISHING
Clarification/Filtration: Filtration
Closure: Natural cork

November, 2017

Bruce Sanderson

Wine Spectator

90 points

Lovely beeswax and citrus flavors glide along the palate, while lively acidity carries notes of cilantro and pea. Ends with a persistent, harmonious finish. Drink now through 2021.

June, 2016

Stephan Reinhardt

Wine Advocate

88 points

The 2015 Loibner Grüner Veltliner Federspiel displays an intense and elegant bouquet of ripe and overripe apples. Medium-bodied, fresh and fruity, this is an elegant and pretty intense Veltliner with grip and tension. Although it tastes like a rather full-bodied Federspiel it has been bottled with a rather moderate alcohol level of 12% alcohol.

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About Emmerich Knoll

"This winery has produced so many cult wines over the last decades that it would not be a problem to fill an entire book with their tasting notes." So goes the Falstaff Ultimate Wine Guide's entry on Knoll, pronounced with a K. The winery uses exclusively old oak foudres and implements a winemaking philosophy that places varietal site expression at the forefront. Emmerich Knoll senior is a thoughtful, quiet man; the opposite of Emmerich junior, cosmopolitan and modern in his approach. The Knolls have holdings in all the best sites, as exemplified by their success in the now infamous UK tasting where an aged Knoll Grüner beat a field of Grand Cru white Burgundies. The unmistakable labels bearing the image of Saint Urban, the patron saint of winegrowing, are a reminder that tradition is the watchword here. But what isn’t so obvious is that Emmerich Knoll’s wines are sheer joy to drink — now or far into the future.

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